MACC records statement from YNS board member

SEREMBAN: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) yesterday recorded a statement from Negeri Sembilan Foundation (YNS) board member Datuk Dr Mohamad Rafie Ab Malek on the issue of abuse of power and misappropriation of timber concessions.

Two MACC officers arrived on the seventh floor of the Negeri Sembilan Islamic Religious Council (MAINS) Tower, which houses the state Investment, Industry, Entrepreneurship, Education and Human Capital Exco office, at 10am and were in the building for two hours.

Mohamad Rafie said that the MACC recorded his statement pertaining to serious allegations regarding the involvement of two important individuals in YNS and MACC who tried to ‘freeze’ the investigation into the issue.

“We are committed to ensuring that the state government is clean from any form of corruption and abuse of power; the MACC must also be free from such a perception, to enable the commission to function as a respected enforcement body,” he told reporters here.

Mohamad Rafie said that he was informed that all YNS board members were called to give statements, and the process was almost completed except for Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun.

He said that the foundation comprised eight board members, including Aminuddin, Sri Tanjung assemblyman Ravi Munusamy and Lobak assemblyman Chew Seh Yong.

Commenting further on the issue, he said that the previous government approved the logging concessions to YNS, while the current government managed the tender for the concession.

Earlier, the media reported that the Negeri Sembilan MACC had opened investigations into the issue of abuse of power and misappropriation of 2,000 hectares of logging concessions given to YNS. — Bernama